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Publication H.B. Baker (1930): summary
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Complete Citation

Baker, H.B. 1930. The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Williamson Expedition in Venezuela. VI. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (210). 95 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Anodontites aroanus H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 69, pls. 32-33, figs. D.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_112621, Caño Minapam, near Palma Sola, Venezuela.

Anodontites infossus H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 67, pls. 32-33, figs. E.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_112619, Caño Minapam, near Palma Sola, Venezuela.

Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 56, pl. 31, figs. 1-6.

Pisidium bejumae H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 58, pl. 31, figs. 7-10 [as ‘bejumæ’].

Polymesoda zulia H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 61, pls. 32-33, figs. C, F.

Tetraplodon stevensi H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 63, pl. 32-33, figs. B.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_125531A, Yuruari River, Venezuela.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites aroanus new species = Anodontites aroana

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Anodontites infossus new species = Anodontites infossa

Anodontites irisans Marshall, 1926 = Anodontites leotaudi

Anodontites pittieri Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites tehuantepecensis

Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852)
+ Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858

Anodontites trapezialis [sic] Simpson, 1914 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Virgula) falsus (Simpson, 1900) = Lamproscapha falsa

Corbicula (Neocorbicula) cuneata (Jonas, 1844) = Cyanocyclas cuneata

Eupera bahiensis (”Spix” Wagner, 1827)
+ Cyclas?? tumida Clessin, 1879

Eupera bahiensis (”Spix” Wagner, 1827) = Eupera tumida

Eupera gravis new species

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925

Eupera moquiniana (Bourguignat, 1854) = Eupera modioliforme
+ Cyclas modioliformis Anton, 1837
+ Cyclas (Pisidium) diaphanum Haldeman, 1841
+ Cyclas littoralis Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas striatella Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas venezuelensis Prime, 1865

Eupera moquiniana (Bourguignat, 1854) = Eupera bahiensis

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
+ Cyclas bahiensis Martens, 1873

Monocondylaea tamsiana Dunker, 1858 = Tamsiella tamsiana
+ Monocondylaea tamsana Simpson, 1900

Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall, 1927

Pisidium bejumae new species

Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)

Polymesoda aequilatera (Desh.)

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda mexicana (Brod. & Swby.)

Polymesoda zulia new species = Polymesoda notabilis

Prisodon syrmatophorus (Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781)

Tetraplodon stevensi new species = Castalia stevensi

 
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